Data from an American Association of University Professors survey of 1997-98 faculty salaries at over 1,800 colleges and universities are presented. Average salaries, by academic rank and overall, are presented for each institution and by institution type (salary distribution at doctoral, comprehensive, baccalaureate institutions, two-year…

U.S. college faculty salaries are based on merit and market factors, not a fixed scale. This article proposes a structural model for faculty performance evaluation that considers quality and quantity of output in teaching, scholarship, and service, awarding merit pay in proportion to an instructor's contribution to overall departmental…

Employs a market perspective to explain why financial returns to college teaching and research are necessarily unequal. Research will receive greater rewards so long as its market reach is longer, research talent is in shorter supply, and the benefits of research can be partially appropriated by individual scholars. (Contains 13 references.) (MLH)

In 1974, the University of Cincinnati faculty voted to be represented by the American Association of University Professors in collective bargaining. Faculty attitudes leading to that decision were surveyed and are reported in the excerpt from a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association. (EC)

The equal pay for equal work argument has resulted in a trend toward higher part-time teacher salaries, approaching full-time salary equivalents. This article reviews trends around the country, and makes predictions based on documents included in the ERIC system. (NHM)

This study illustrates an attempt to quantitatively express justification for altering the workloads and compensation for members of the physical education department of Polk Community College (Florida). While equitable workloads can be det4rmined in most other fields because credit hours coincide with an instructor's time in class, the physical…

Describes the development of a system to identify faculty members who deserve salary adjustment and to determine the range of the adjustment. Examples are given to illustrate the method, which was developed by a Central Michigan University committee on salary inequities. (JT)

A three-phase salary review process conducted at one university is used to illustrate issues involved in determining salary equity. It describes salary policies, determining possible discrimination due to minority group status and determining salary adjustments of individual faculty in the minority group being discriminated against. (Author/LBH)

Research findings are presented indicating that although there is no significant difference in the salaries of minority and nonminority faculty as a whole, it is a problem area for minority females. Sex is a stronger variable than ethnicity, with the following rank order from highest to lowest mean salaries: nonminority males, minority males,…

The current trend toward academic gamesmanship, characterized by interinstitutional competition for faculty, gives the general public a superficial notion of academic excellence, deceives higher education supporters, deprives undergraduates of teaching that they are paying higher prices to receive, and gauges success by ephemeral standards.…

The applicability of the principle of comparable pay for comparable worth is discussed for college faculty jobs, not only for alleviation of sex discrimination but also for eliminating bias-related discrepancies between departments or specialties. (MSE)

Campuses should act on salary equity issues before litigation arises. Campuses must resolve database problems, unfocused studies, problems in data interpretations, and constraints on implementing findings if they are to take timely actions. Internally motivated monitoring and court-ordered monitoring are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Argues that salary differentials among community college faculty are unrealistic and based on the inaccurate assumptions that people are motivated primarily by money; that high-demand disciplines will remain constant over time; that attitudes toward other disciplines and faculty members are unaffected by salary differentials; and that teaching is…

Recognizes variables that are currently relevant to the determination of community college faculty salaries, stressing that faculty marketability can no longer be ignored. Looks at the factors underpinning the need for differential funding, the forces operating against differential salaries, and the need for appropriate action. (AYC)

Quebec university professors' salaries since 1972 are examined, and mean salaries are used to position them in the province-wide distribution of household private income. Their position in the top groups of income, dating back to at least 1973, is qualified and discussed. (MSE)